Seoul

Beginning to the End

I could hear my school books drop to the ground. My knees hitting against the wooden floor. There...right in front of my eyes was...was...

My Aunt.....she was just doused in....oh god...her body was pale and motionless. Thoughts were just rambling through my head as I felt the tears run down my cheek. I quickly ran to her motionless body and placed her in my arms.

"AUNTY KIM!!! KIM!!! SPEAK TO ME," I yelled in sorrow as I shook her, praying that she would wake up. Thinking hope was all lost, I see a twitch coming from my Aunt's finger. I look up and see Aunt Kim's eyes slowly open.

"S...Seoul...your back," she stuttered. I quickly shifted my aunt onto a pillow, laying her head on it.

"Y..you're gonna be ok Aunt. I swear I'm not letting you die just yet," I assured her, trying to convince myself she would stay alive, but in reality...some things just have to go.

"You just wait Aunty, I'll go find a spell to heal you!" I ran up the stairs as fast as I could and into a room that was filled with potions and witchcraft books. I looked through each and every book as fast as lighting to find the healing spell in the corner. I quickly grabbed the book and went to my room to find my wand. As soon as I collected every ingredient I needed to save my dying Aunt, I ran back down stairs, even skipping a few steps. Before I could reach the second staircase, I soon hear mumbling. I hid behind the wall and looked over quietly.

In front of my Aunt were these three men in black suits, surrounding her with salt, candles, a pentagram underneath her. I could feel my whole body burn with fear, watching those men do something terrible to my aunt. I soon saw something glowing from my shirt and there it was...my necklace. Then I remembered. The brighter it glowed...is a sign to when something or someone is about to die. I held it tightly with both hands to not cause an attraction to those men. Looking over again, the men began chanting this ancient language. One man suddenly took out a very detailed dagger from his coat and kneeled down near my aunt.

My heart began to pump more, expecting for all of this to just be some nightmare, but it all felt so real. I wanted to do something...but I...just couldn't! I kept telling my body to just freaking move but it wouldn't budge! Time was running out and I was hesitating at a moment like this. I look over once more and before I could react, my aunt looks directly at me...smiling mumbling out the word..."I'm sorry." Then before I knew it, I see the man stabbing my aunt multiple times at her chest. That's when time stopped for me. I couldn't believe what I was seeing at first. I looked at my hands that had my necklace in it and it completely broke into dull brown pieces. I squeezed it firmly into my hand, letting the glass cut the flesh of my hand. I couldn't care if it hurt. I just want my Aunt back! Then, I could hear the decapitation of my own aunt as the men took her apart bit by bit. I lost it and began to turn into a crying mess. My tears were unstoppable and my heart felt like something had just ripped it in half. It was quiet for a while after the killing.

As. I was about to head down the stairs to see my now dead aunt, the saw men suddenly come upstairs slowly. I began shaking, trying to figure out what to do. I place the broken necklace pieces into my uniform pocket and ran upstairs carrying the healing book with me and my wand. I head into my room first to grab my shoulder bag and quickly ran into the potions and spells room. I locked the door and took a few steps back, away from the door. I look around the room and began to take keep-sake potions and spell books. Healing, War,Cleansing bad spirits and ghosts, Cleansing the Soul, anything that those men can't get! I placed them all into my bag and locked the seal onto my bag with a special chant. Suddenly, there was banging on the door.

"We know you're in there little girl. Come on out and we'll take good care of you for sure," one snickered. I gritted my teeth and began to sweat like crazy. I looked around the room to find a way out and there I see a window. I went to open the window but it was jammed, since we barely used the window. I worked my ass of trying to open the window as they kept bashing and trying to break the door down.

"Little girl, we are just trying to help you," another said.

"Oh yeah...HELP ME MY ASS YOU ASSWIPE," I yelled back in frustration. I suddenly kicked the window glass and luckily, it broke into pieces. I knew I was gonna get cut, but what other chance do I have. I crawled out as the door was finally broken down. I jumped from each roof to another and I suddenly found my myself on the street. Then I ran...and ran...and ran. More thoughts were bursting through my head along with the happy memories me and the aunt had. The day when I was just learning how to ride a bicycle, seeing my Aunt Kim proud. When she bandaged my knee when I fell, her healing kiss that calmed me down every time I began to cry, her warmth...I miss it all now. Nothing will be the same without my aunt. No. Not just any Aunt. She was like my very own mother. She cared for me ever since I was just a little small child. She protected me and made each and every monster afraid of her. She was my true mother. And now she was dead. The tears that ran down my cheek as I ran, those should have never been there in the first place. I should've done something. But I just stood there like a little scaredy cat. I hated it...

I was scared...My life is now ruined for sure...what would I do now? Where would I go?

Running until my breath ran out of my own body, leaving just minimum oxygen in my lungs, I realized that I had ran all the way from my house to Hyun Woo's neighborhood. I walk up to Hyun Woo's house and there I see him doing homework. I thought to myself, oh lucky he must be to just have a regular life. I was jealous of that, but not jealous enough for me to turn into a bad witch. I fall to the ground, looking down at the ground. I grabbed out the broken pieces of my Aunt's necklace and looked into it deeply. This was all I had left of her. The clenched it deeply, trying my heart and soul out. I was aching. I was pain. She gone...for good.

I walked up the doorsteps of Hyun Woo's house and knocked onto his door weakly. My mind was blank and my mouth dry. How should I explain everything without turning into a big mess? Is it really safe for me to tell him everything? Before another question could pop into my head, I see the door slowly open.

"Hello?"

Hearing his words. More tears began to fill my puffy eye. When he opens the door, I couldn't think twice and I suddenly pushed myself forward, hugging him tightly as he falls back.

"Woah Seoul are you ok? You look like you just went through he'll or something," Hyun Woo says.

"I did! Hell is coming for me! Hyun Woo...I'm....I'm so glad to see you alive," I bursted, letting the tears fall onto his shirt. I heard him letting out a sigh and he hugged back, stroking my head. His warmth. It was almost like Aunt Kim's. I was a sobbing mess as we hugged for quite the while.

I missed my aunt...I miss my own mother.